Improvement in bag-holders



G. DARE t vBelg Holder. NG. 9o44. Patented May 25,1869.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

GEORGE DARE, OF AUBURN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN BAG-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Leiters Patent N0. 90,344, (lated May 25,1869.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE DARE, of Auburn, in the county of Cayuga andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBag-Holders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification, and in which is represented aside elevation of my invention.

The nature of this invention consists in providing a serrated verticalbar or standard with a sliding cross-bar, to one end of which isattached a holder or ring for holding an adjustable funnel-shaped vesselor month, and furnished on its opposite portion with a metal bar bent soas to engage with the serrations on the vertical bar or standard, theouter end of said metal bar acting as a lever for operating it, theobject of the above arrangement being designed to furnish a cheap andsimple bag-holder.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willnow proceed to describe it.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a vertical bar, supported ona block or footpiece, a, and provided on one Side with serrationsextending nearly its entire length. B designates a horizontal bar,provided at its center with a slot, through which passes the standard orbar A. This bar is furnished at one end with a ring or receiver, b, intowhich its an adjustable funnel-shaped device or mouthpiece, O, which issupplied on its upper surface, below the ring b of bar B, withprojections c c, which are designed to keep the said mouth firmly inplace in the ring b, and may be removed therefrom by turning theinouthpiece around until one of the projections c comes in contact witha recess or slot in the ring, allowing said mouth-piece to be liftedont. To the neck or lower part of C are secured hooks c c', for holdingthe bag thereon while being filled.

D is a metal bar pivoted in a slot in the bar B at the point w. This baris formed near its center with a loop, bywhich it is pivoted, and fromwhich, on the side next to the bar A, it is made to extend downward, soas to engage with the serrations on the b ar A when it is desired toraise or lower the mouth-piece O in order to adapt it to diiferent-sizedbags. The part of said metal bar on the opposite side of the loop ismade to extend out nearly parallel with the under side of bar B, andacts as a lever for operating its lower portion.

d is a small metal bar, secured at its inner end in the slot in whichthe bar or lever D is pivoted, by means of a spiral spring, dl, andprovided at its lower end with a knob, d2, which presses against theupper side of the outer portion of bar D, in order to hold its lowerportion in the serrations on the vertical bar or standard A.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The horizontal sliding bar B, provided at its outer end with the ring orholder b, and furnished on its lower opposite side with the bar D,acting as a pawl and lever, and springbar d and serrated bar or standardA, constructed, arranged, and operated substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my si gnaturein presence of two witnesses.

WM. F. DEAN, HORACE T. Cook.

